Deputies of the People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) held a meeting on 16 November regarding a visit to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been kept under heavy isolation in the Imralı prison island for 25 years. There has been no news from the Kurdish leader for three years, and neither lawyers nor families have been granted a visit to Imrali for the same period of time.

The DEM Party applied to the Human Rights Investigation Commission (IHIK). Responding to this request on 7 December, The IHIK said that the request was recorded and that Abdullah Öcalan could be visited if the Sub-Committee within it deems it appropriate. Thereupon, DEM Party deputies applied to the Sub-Committee for an "emergency meeting", review and visit on 12 December.

Responding to this application on Thursday, The IHIK pointed out Article 26 of the Parliament's statute and said that only the chair of the commission can call a meeting. Pointing to the clause in the fourth paragraph of the same article, the commission shared that it was envisaged that it could only convene upon the request of one-third of its members, but that only Nevroz Uysal, among the deputies who applied, was a member of the commission and, therefore, it was not technically possible for the commission to convene. The IHIK added that the number of commission members is 10 and a meeting decision can be taken if at least one third of them request it.

In its response, the commission also said that they met at the request of its members and that they convened on 31 January in response to a similar request from Uysal, but that the Sub-Committe also rejected this request.